Katherine Dunham was born on this day.

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When James Brown passed away on December 25, 2006 at the age of 73 from congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia, elaborate public memorial services were held at The Apollo Theater in New York City and the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia. They were officiated by his

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Angela Yvonne Davis

Angela Y. Davis is born on this day.

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Jan

26

1928

Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham (1910-). With the Aida production in 1963, Katherine Dunham was the first Black choreographer for the Metropolitan Opera.

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Sep

4

2001

Fort, Syvilla (1917-1975)

Syvilla Fort, born on July 3, 1917 in Seattle, was a professional dancer in the 1930s and early 1940s and prominent dance instructor in New York City for three decades between 1948 and 1975. Her dance style, which combined African, Caribbean, and American rhythms, influenced hundreds of

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Nov

8

1975

Lil Wayne on Kyrie leaving LeBron and the Cavs: 'You gotta do what you wanna do' | UNDISPUTED

Lil Wayne on Kyrie leaving LeBron and the Cavs: You gotta do what you wanna do | UNDISPUTED - YouTube

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The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, bec

The first NBA Black Assistant Coach and first Black chief scout, Earl Lloyd, becomes the first Black person to play in an NBA game (beating out Charles Cooper and Nat Clifton by a day), 1950

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Oct

21

1950

UPMC: A Commitment to Culturally Competent Care

UPMC is a proven integrated delivery and health finance system — the first of its kind in western Pennsylvania. We have 20 academic, community, and specialty hospitals, more than 500 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, employ 3,500 physicians, insure 2.5 million health plan members, and offer an

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Robert Weaver

Robert Weaver, born on this day, beacme the first Black appointed to a presidential cabinet when President Lyndon B. Johnson named him to head the newly created Departmentof Housing and Urban Development.

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Dec

29

1907

Couple Gets Married During Black Lives Matter Protest in Philadelphia

Nationwide — Kerry Anne and Michael Gordon, an African American couple from Philadelphia, got married on June 6th and celebrated their wedding day with thousands of protesters as they joined them in the Black Lives Matter

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Robert Duncanson

Robert Duncanson, painter, suffered a severe mental breakdown and ended his life on this day in the Michigan State Retreat in Detroit.

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Dec

20

1997

South Africa's National Holidays

When Apartheid ended and the African National Congress under Nelson Mandela came into power in South Africa in 1994, the national holidays were changed to days that would be meaningful to all South

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(1797) Prince Hall Speaks To The African Lodge, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Five years after his presentation at Charles Town, Prince Hall again addresses his fellow Masons. In an address delivered to the African Lodge at West Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 24, 1797, Hall challenges those Masons to work for the elimination of slavery and the establishment of full civil

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Jun

24

1797

Meet The Man Behind Japan’s First Major Black-Owned Anime Studio

For these brothers, it led to an opportunity to create their own anime studio in

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter is a hip hop and R&B singer, songwriter and actress who is currently one of the most successful recording artists in the music industry. She was born in Houston, Texas to Tina and Mathew Knowles on September 4, 1981. She was interested in music from a very young

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Sep

4

1981

A Black Holocaust In America

The Tulsa Riot of 1921

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May

31

1921

WATCH: How to Talk About Racism

First, people should be mindful and avoid overloading their black friends and family with requests for information, Mitchell said, because every individual is coping with this

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Fired Cop Involved In George Floyd’s Killing Is Already Out Of Jail

Lane was arrested and booked last week after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the charges for the three officers who were assisting Derek Chauvin, the cop seen on video using his knee to apply deadly pressure to the neck of Floyd, who was handcuffed and unarmed face-down on the

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Rosa Parks (born Roas Louise McCauley) was born on this day.

Rosa Parks (born Rosa Louise McCauley) was born on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama

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Feb

4

1913

African-American women in computer science

Black women were among early pioneers in computing in the United States. Generally they were hired as mathematicians to do technical computing needed to support aeronautical and other research. They included such women as Katherine G. Johnson, who had a career of decades at NASA.[1] Among her

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A Biography of Boston Massacre Hero Crispus Attucks

The first person to die in the Boston Massacre was an African-American sailor named Crispus Attucks. Not much is known about Crispus Attucks prior to his death in 1770, but his actions that day became a source of inspiration for both white and black Americans for years to

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Luther Vandross - Always And Forever - Royal Albert Hall 1994

Watch this live performance of Always and Forever at Royal Albert Hall in 1994, originally released on Luther Vandross Grammy Award winning 1991 album, Power of

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The Emancipation Proclamation

On January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln went into effect. The Proclamation, written the previous September, declared free all enslaved people in the Confederate States (or portions of those states) who resided in territory still in rebellion

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Jan

1

1863

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa | FactMonster

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Katherine Dunham: legendary dancer who founded the 1st American black dance company

In 1934, with the assistance of Speranzeva, Dunham established the Chicago Negro School of Ballet and a company, a Negro Dance Group, which advanced into the Katherine Dunham Dance

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Arthur Ashe Kids' Day

Arthur Ashe Kids Day is an annual tennis/children’s event that takes place in the end of August at the United States Tennis Association at Arthur Ashe Stadium. (USTA) Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. It is sponsored by the Hess Corporation, IBM, and USTA. This event also begins the

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Nigeria

In January 2012, in an effort to repair its tattered economy, President Jonathan eliminated the countrys fuel subsidy, which costs the government about $8 billion a year. The move caused fuel and food prices to double. Streets protests and strikes broke out all over the country, and Jonathan

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Somalia

In Jan. 2007, the U.S. launched airstrikes on the retreating Islamists, who they believed included three members of al-Qaeda suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of the American embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. The air strikes were strongly criticized in a number of Muslim

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Jan

31

2009

Kevin Hart and 2,500 fans race Philly

Kevin Hart stood outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art Saturday, preparing for what he had earlier tweeted would be a “Rocky

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Matthew Cherry

Matthew Cherry developed two devices that would one day evolve into very useful items for transportation. The first device was called a velocipede and consisted of a metal frame upon which were attached two or three wheels. Someone sitting on the seat of the apparatus could propel themselves

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